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The former (Old) Yap Airport was originally built by the Japanese in WWII as Colonia Airfield, being completed in May 1944. On April 1, 1944, US Navy aircraft from Task Force 58 sighted Colonia and bombed it. [3] This raid was conducted at the same as air raids were being conducted on the Palau Islands.
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The airport was made possible when Ohio Governor James Rhodes passed a bill providing funding for each county in the state to have an airport. Land was donated in 1966 for the airport to be built. Operations began in 1968. [3] The airport's 50-year anniversary was celebrated in 2018. [3] The airport was celebrated with a re-dedication in 2019. [4]
The airport covers 650 acres (2.6 km 2).Its asphalt runway, designated as runway 11/29, measures 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 m × 30 m).. For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2022, the airport had 55,228 aircraft operations, average 152 per day: 80% general aviation and 20% air taxi. 116 aircraft were then based at the airport at the time: 101 single-engine, 10 multi-engine airplanes, 2 ...
The airport opened on June 27, 1957. [3] The previous airport was Raven Rock Field, near the Ohio River at 38.715N 83.052W, a grass field with a 2200-foot run. Lake Central Airlines served the airport from its opening until it merged into Allegheny Airlines in 1968; [3] Allegheny pulled out in 1971. [4] The airport has had no airline service ...
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“Yap” became a verb used to describe the shrill, high-pitched sound of a dog’s bark, and by the 1800s, it described human chattering. Rappers like Jay-Z and Nas used the word in songs in the ...
The airport is undergoing terminal upgrades to improve facilities for local and transient pilots using the airport. Over $500,000 were allocated for the project. [5] A $75,000 grant to build an access road at the airport was approved in 2022. The road came off Ohio Route 42 to improve access to the airport. [5] [6]